The inevitable hot springs episode

Miu walked into the Hot Springs with Zaki. "The water here is so nice Zaki. I was here earlier. Some boy walked in and peeped at me. I don;t think he meant to though because when he say I was only in a towel, he ran haha." she recounted to her best friend.

Zakikanoi nodded, he looked at the water and sighed loud, "Well, I could use some relaxation, for sure..." He looked towards Miu, then scratched the back of his head, "Should we go to different sides of the spring, then?" He already started moving to the designated 'male' side of the spring.

Miu looked around,"I could have sworn there was another side here for both genders.." She said. "Oh it's over there.", she grabbed Zaki's wrist and pulled him in that direction.

Zakikanoi nodded as he was dragged yet again, "Didn't see that..." He commented, then sat down on a bench, already taking off his jacket and finding somewhere to put it, "So when were these put in?"

"There's locker behind you silly.", she giggled at him. "Zaki, you're the best friend a girl could ask for you know?" she said s she giggled

Zakikanoi paused as he hung his jacket somewhere, then put it in a locker, sighing, he was having a bad day for being sighted... He stopped for a moment and smiled to Miu, "Thanks. You're a good friend too." He quickly changed and got into the hot spring, sighing loud, "These are nice..." He commented.

"Yeah I love them. But you know me. Water is like my closest ally." She said. "So tell me about your tour of the EU league?", she asked

Zakikanoi chuckled a bit, "It was good. I got a couple of new cards, one big guy called Gem-Knight Master Dia. He acts like my dad's old favorite card, but with Gem-Knights... I think my dad pulled a few strings to get it made that way, y'know, but I don't mind. I love Dia, and I'm glad my deck's pretty much complete now."

He undid the hair tie keeping his hair in a ponytail, the slightly unkempt hair falling in front of his face a little as he visibly relaxed now. "I can't really think of anythin' to say about the tour that I didn't already... What do you wanna know?"

Lucy and Alex stopped infront of the springs and saw Miu and Zaki sitting in the water. "Hey!!! Are you guys new here too!?", she shouted over to them as she got undressed and grabbed a towel.

Miu heard Lucy calling over to her. "No we're second year students!",she shouted to them. She then turned back to Zaki. "I didn't get to do much over the summer you know since my father passed and all. Naoto didn't even step out to defend his title for a month.", she said

Zakikanoi nodded, he smiled to the two first years, "Well, she's a second year, I'm only a second year because of age. Spent most of the first year in Europe, travellin' around with my dad..." He leaned back and let the soothing waters do their work, ignoring the two others who had joined them.

Alex turned from the two new people to Lucy, who had already got undressed. He then began to undress then and there, not really seeming to have any concept of privacy or that he might make any of the others uncomfortable. He stuffed his things into a locker and dove into the hot springs, floating up to the top and purring at how warm the spring was.

Miu laughed at Alex. "You;re not really a cat are you?", she asked.

Lucy scratched behind Alex's ears. "No he really is a kitty he purrs and everything.", she said to them. She laid back and relaxed. "So what's it like here?", she asked

Alex leaned into the scratching, his face in a very feline smile. He wagged his tail happily through the water while moving between the two new people, "Hi! My name's Alex." He waved quickly, a big wide happy almost dopey-looking smile on his face.

Zakikanoi chuckled a bit at the cat-boy, then looked between the new girl and Miu. "My name's Zakikanoi, please just call me Zak, nobody can pronounce my name right around here..."

Miu looked up at the clock. "Hey it's late maybe we should go to our rooms?", she said to Zak. As she stood up dropping her towel on the bench and getting dressed again.

Zakikanoi tutted and looked up, "I was just startin' to relax too..." He grumbled a little before standing in the spring and getting out, he quickly dried himself off and put on his clothing again. Once he was dry and dressed, he pulled his hair back and into the ponytail he started to wear, smiling to Miu. "Shall we go, then?"

"Yes, we shall.", she said as she grabbed hold of Zak's hand and left with him

Zakikanoi walked out of the hot springs towards the Obelisk bedrooms with Miu, "So how have your Gishki's been doing?"

"We;re hanging in.", she sighed as they left the area

"On that note.", Lucy also stood up. "We should part ways kitty cat! We have a long day tomorrow.", she said as she left.

Alex mewed as Lucy stood, turning around so as to not seem indecent, "Fine..." He got up and got clothed, then walked out of the Obelisk rooms and towards his own Dorm. "I need to get my room set up anyway."